You put together two people who have not been put together before; and sometimes the world is changed, sometimes not. They may crash and burn, or they may set off a spark that will light the world.

The greatest thing to come out of my country is not Ganges water, or the Taj Mahal, or the Himalayas, but the fact that it is the world's largest democracy.

晏子春秋

有人自认为在做有用的事，却收效甚微；有人看似在做“无用”之功却流芳后世，引为大用。

孔子说：“生来就知道的，是上等人；学习后才知道的，是二等人；遇到困难才学习的，是三等人；遇到困难也不学习的，这就是下等人了。”